Beijing Multi-Site Air-Quality Data
Abstract
"Hourly air pollutant measurements (PM2.5, PM10, SO₂, NO₂, CO, O₃) and meteorological data from 12 nationally controlled monitoring sites in Beijing, collected from March 2013 to February 2017 (420,768 instances).[page:1][web:74]"
Description
Overview
The Beijing Multi-Site Air-Quality Data set contains hourly measurements of 6 main air pollutants and 6 meteorological variables from 12 nationally controlled air-quality monitoring sites across Beijing, China.[page:1][web:74]
Data Collection
- Data span from March 1, 2013, to February 28, 2017 (nearly 4 years), resulting in 420,768 hourly observations across all sites.[page:1][web:233]
- Air-quality data are from the Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center, and meteorological data for each site are matched with the nearest weather station from the China Meteorological Administration.[page:1][web:236]
- Missing values are denoted as NA in the dataset.[page:1]
Variables
- Temporal fields: year, month, day, hour for each observation.[page:1]
- Air pollutants: PM2.5 (μg/m³), PM10 (μg/m³), SO₂ (μg/m³), NO₂ (μg/m³), CO (μg/m³), O₃ (μg/m³).[page:1][web:236]
- Meteorological variables: temperature (°C), pressure (hPa), dew point (°C), precipitation (mm), wind direction, wind speed (m/s).[page:1][web:236]
- station: name of the air-quality monitoring site (12 unique locations).[page:1]
Use Cases
- Time-series forecasting of air pollution levels (PM2.5, AQI) for public health alerts.[page:1][web:233]
- Studying relationships between meteorological conditions and air-quality dynamics in urban environments.[page:1][web:236]
- Benchmarking regression and deep learning models for environmental IoT data.[page:1][web:74]
License
The UCI page specifies that this dataset is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), allowing sharing and adaptation with appropriate credit.[page:1]
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Cite This Dataset
Chen, Song (2017). Beijing Multi-Site Air-Quality Data. [Dataset]. UCI Machine Learning Repository. https://doi.org/10.24432/C5RK5G
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